1. Don’t fall in love in a relationship that started off with lust
2. Don’t fall in love when there is a deadline
3. Don’t fall in love when there is 20 million miles between the two of you
4. Don’t fall in love with long, wonderful conversations
5. Don’t fall in love “despite what they say”
6. Don’t fall in love when the red flags are up and waving
7. Don’t fall in love when they never will
8. Don’t fall in love the second time aroundBut forget about all of that. Forget about the reasons why you should not fall in love. Fall in love because you will anyway. Fall in love deeply. Fall in love intensely. Fall in love unapologetically. Fall in love in spite of it all, because who knows? Maybe you are the exception after all.

You know those times when you just got your heart broken, and you’re thinking, “I should’ve known, I really should’ve known”? Well, I say, yes, you really should have, but there’s nothing you can do about it now, except take a little time off wallowing and then get your ass off that couch and your guard back up. So I’ve decided to help by preparing a list of situations in which falling in love would only result in heartbreak, to help you avoid repeating the same mistake.

1. Don’t fall in love in a relationship that started off with lust

This is the kind of love story that has graced both the big screen and the small screen many, many times and it had fooled a great many of us into thinking that we, too, could fall in love with a one-night stand. But it’s different here in the…